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The India–UK Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (“CETA” or the “India–UK FTA”) is frequently discussed in the context of goods like automobiles, whisky, textiles and engineering products. Yet one of the sectors that stands to benefit most from the strengthening India-UK economic relationship is technology.

India’s labour and employment framework has undergone significant transformation over the past decade, particularly in relation to maternity protection and workplace inclusion. The expansion of maternity benefits through the Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act, 2017[1] represented an important milestone in recognising the challenges faced by working mothers and promoting maternal health.

In August 2026, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) released the draft Reserve Bank of India (Interest Rates on Loans and Advances) Directions, 2026, proposing a comprehensive framework for the way regulated entities determine and apply interest rates on loans. While the Indian banking sector has long operated under a patchwork of institution specific instructions, the draft Directions seek to bring much-needed consistency to interest rate regulation across banks, cooperative banks, regional rural banks (RRBs), all-India financial institutions and NBFCs. If finalised in their present form, the Directions will come into effect from 1 April 2027.

The Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 and the Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025 together create a horizontal compliance regime that materially alters how NBFCs may collect, use, share, retain, secure, and monetise personal data across the NBFC value chain.

India’s gig economy is expanding rapidly, but gig workers do not automatically receive the same provident fund protection as traditional employees. With the Code on Social Security, 2020 now in force and the Social Security (Central) Rules, 2026 notified, has India finally addressed the social-security gap or has it simply created a new, scheme-based framework that still falls short of EPF protection?

India's gaming and interactive entertainment ecosystem comprising online gaming platforms, fantasy sports operators, real-money gaming companies, casual mobile games, esports platforms and gamified social apps has experienced explosive growth.

India's gaming and interactive entertainment ecosystem comprising online gaming platforms, fantasy sports operators, real-money gaming companies, casual mobile games, esports platforms and gamified social apps has experienced explosive growth.

India's real estate sector traditionally document-heavy and relationship-driven, is undergoing a quiet but profound digital transformation.

India’s Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (“DPDP Act”) represents one of the most significant regulatory developments affecting corporate governance, data privacy compliance and risk management in recent years. While many organisations initially viewed the legislation as a technology or legal compliance issue, the DPDP Act has rapidly emerged as a boardroom concern requiring active involvement from directors, chief executive officers, managing directors and senior management.

The Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement ("DTAA") between the Republic of India and the Republic of Singapore (officially, the Agreement for Avoidance of Double Taxation and Prevention...

India's Four Labour Codes that are Code on Wages, Industrial Relations Code, Social Security Code, and the Occupational Safety, Health & Working Conditions Code, represent a structural shift in how organisations must design compensation, manage people, and govern labour compliance.

The enforcement of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 ("DPDP Act") together with the DPDP Rules, 2025 has fundamentally altered India's data governance landscape.

Non-compete, non-solicitation, confidentiality and garden leave provisions are commonly incorporated into employment agreements to protect an employer’s business interests when an employee leaves the organisation. However, the enforceability of such restrictive cove

Imagine you founded a company. You built the business, put in the capital, took the risks and created the brand. Over time you brought in professional managers, appointed an independent Board and gave management real autonomy. Then one day you discover that the people running the company no longer share your view of its strategic direction or, more pointedly, of who should lead it.

India’s Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (DPDP Act) introduces a relatively permissive framework for the cross-border transfer of personal data from India. Unlike the European Union’s GDPR, which relies extensively on adequacy decisions and prescribed transfer safeguards, the DPDP framework adopts a negative-list approach: international transfers are generally permitted, subject to restrictions that may be notified by the Central Government.

At a time when the world is taken by the Covid-19 storm, the Indian Government, in order to contain the spread, morbidity, and mortality, declared a nationwide lockdown.

Pre-pack is a type of restructuring in which creditors and debtors collaborate on an informal agreement before submitting it for approval.

The increasing use of remote working, Bring Your Own Device (“BYOD”) arrangements, cloud-based platforms and workplace monitoring software has made employee privacy an important consideration for employers in India. Organisations routinely collect and process employee data through access-control systems, company email accounts, endpoint security tools, attendance systems, CCTV, location services, and cybersecurity platforms.